Combined grass-hook, corn-knife, and pruning-saw.



A. A. BATES. COMBINED GRASS HOOK, CORN KNIFE, AND PRUNING SAW.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24, 1911. 1,021,444. Patented Mar. 26, 1912.

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ALBERT A. BATES, OF EAST HIGHG-ATE, VERMONT.

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1 Specification of Letters Patent, Patented Mar. 26, 1912. Applicationfiled June 24, 1911. Serial No. 635,187. a v

To all whom it may concern:

'Be it known that *I, ALBERTA. BA'rns, a citizen of the United States,residing at East Highgate, .in the county of Franklin and State ofVermont, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CombinedGrass-Hooks, Corn-Knives, and Pruning-Saws, of which the following isa'speci- 'panying drawings.

This invention is an improved combinedv grass-hook, corn knife anrpruning saw and consists win the construction,' combinationandarrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved implement of thiskind which may be used either for the purposes of a grass hook, cornknife or pruning saw, which is extremely cheap and simple and which isso constructed that the handle may be readily attached thereto andremoved" therefrom and maybe also adjusted to any desired angle withrespect to the blade.

In the accompanyingdrawings: Figure 1 is a plan of a combined grasshook,corn knife and pruning saw constructed in accordance with my invention,the handle being shown in full lines in one position and in otherpositions in dotted lines; Fig. 2 1s a detail transverse sectional viewof the same I on the plane indicated by the line 22 of Fig. 1; and Fig.3 is a detail plan of a portion of the blade when the latter is in itsinitial posit-ion prior to the bending of the tang which forms thehandle engaging clamp.

In accordance with my invention the blade 1, which is curved as shownand provided at its front concave edge with a beveled cutting edge 2, isalso provided on its rear side, at that. portion thereof which presentsa straight edge3, with a series of saw teeth 4. At the inner end andrear side of the blade, which is fiat, is formed a tang 5 which is bentforwardly over the blade and obliquely with respect thereto on the line6 indicated in Fig. 3 so that the tang forms a cylindrical socket 7between it and the up per side of the blade and also forms a clampingarm 8 which bears above the blade. A bolt 9, which has its head on theunder side of the .blade, passes through alined openings inthe blade andthe clamping arm of the tang, and is provided with a washer 10 whichbears on 'said clamping arm and a wing nut 11 tobear; on the washer.

The handle 12 has a rod 13 which is cylindrical cross sectionally and isbent'longitudinally in the form of a compound curve and terminates atits'inner end in a straight portion 14 which is adapted to be fitted inthe space or socket between the tang and the rear outer corner of theblade. The ta may be adjusted, by means of the bolt aiid nut, so as tocause it to securely clamp or to release-the end of the rod and hencethe handle may be detached from the blade at will by first partlyunscrewing the nut, and the handle may also be set with its bar or rod13,.which, in effect, forms a portion of the handle, either in a commonplane with or at any desired angle with respect to the blade to adaptthe tool to be used either for the purposes of a grass hook, a cornknife or a since the construction of the handle with its S-shapedextended bar and the construction of the blade With its integralclamping tang admits of the ready'detachment of the handle from theblade, the tool, when the han- -dle is detached therefrom, may bereadily packed in a very small space, thus greatly economizing both infreight and storage.

Having thus described my invention I claim:

The herein described grass hook comprising a longitudinally curved bladeformed at its inner end at its outer corner with an integral tang whichis bentover from the metal out of which the blade is formed and curve,one end of the rod being mounted in' the socket of the tang. and adaptedto be turned therein, and a' clamping bolt extending through the bladeand tang, connecting the free end of the tang t0 the blade, Whereby thehandle rod is detachably connected to the blade and is also permitted tobe turned in the socket to angularly adjust the handle with respect tothe blade.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aifix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

o ALBERT A. BATES. Witnesses:

scLARK E. FISHER,

DANIEL W. STEELE.

